2019-10-07 20 shanties, one junkyard gutted in Sahibabad fire
India Oct 09 2019 “Apartment houses”
Dead : dead 0 or unknown Burnout : 1 to 29 Injured : injured 0 or unknown
20 shanties, one junkyard gutted in Sahibabad fire
Updated: 2019-10-09
GHAZIABAD: A major fire broke out in a slum located in Sahibabad’s Bhopura area on Monday night.
As many as 20shantieswere destroyed in the fire though no casualty was reported.
It took nine fire tenders to douse the flames. Sunil Kumar Singh, the chief fire officer (CFO) told TOI that as soon as thefire departmentreceived the information about the blaze, the fire tenders were rushed to the spot.
“However, till the fire tenders reached the slum, the flames had reached till ajunkyardthat was located adjacent to the slum.It became very difficult to douse the flames,” he said. “Around 20 shanties were gutted in the fire along with the junkyard. Initial investigations have revealed that the fire broke out after a blast in ten LPG cylinders that were of 5 kg. Some of the residents were preparing dinner at the time,” Singh added.
The slum is mostly inhabited by labourers from Bihar and West Bengal and most of them are rag-pickers. “Trash like plastic, wood and other materials were stored in the junkyard due to which the fire worsened,” said the CFO.
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